Goth is a deplorable type of heathen culture that glorifies everything that is vile and unholy. The dictionary defines "Goth" as: A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement. This pretty much sums up the Goth culture today. Goth glorifies things that are sick, nasty, improper, freakish, and downright demonic. Goth is NOT just the music. In fact, not all Goths listen to Goth music.The term "Goth" refers to all categories of Gothics, from Emo 'Goths' to black metal 'Goths' to vampire 'Goths; from thrasher 'Goths' to punk 'Goths' to industrial 'Goths.' "Goth" is just a word the media uses to group a certain type of people together. The Goth culture includes Emos/ punks/ Wiccan witches/ self-abusers/ thrashers/ grungers/ heavy metallers, et cetera. This includes the Marilyn Manson, AC/DC, Smashing Pumpkins, Van Halen and Ozzy Osbourne crowd as well.

Goth causes teenage girls to become whores, depresses kids to the point of cutting themselves, and turns otherwise normal kids into Columbine shooters. The Goth culture is obsessed with death and the darker side of life, which is clearly evidenced in Goth music. Goth is of the Devil.

Goth in itself is a mental illness, a sickness of the soul, mainly affecting teenagers in the same way as schizophrenia would, although to a greater extent. Its symptoms range from isolation and negativity to aggression and hate for humanity, depression, violent outbursts, low self esteem, self-loathing, self-harming and suicide. Many Goths turn to a life of crime to feed their addiction to drugs, sadism, violence and perversion.

There is a theme running through all these different types of gothic groups, and a common fashion and dress that all tribes of Goth wear. The clothing is usually dark and sinister looking, sometimes called the 'gothic uniform.' Goth women often wear black lip stick and paint their eyes so dark with mascara that they look like vampires. Goths are all obsessed with death and despair, with terror and violence, and most Goths use drugs as a form of everyday life. Some abuse their children, perform Satanic rituals, and drink human blood.

Mind your own fucking business and Smashing Pumpkins? Seriously? Let people live how they want and learn something about other people before you start saying shit. Bet you've never even met anyone any different to yourself personally before.

<i>1. A style of rock music that often evokes bleak, lugubrious imagery.
2. A performer or follower of this style of music.</i>
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Wait... that's not what you said it was defined as.

Let me try again.

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<i>1: of, relating to, or resembling the Goths, their civilization, or their language

2 a: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of architecture developed in northern France and spreading through western Europe from the middle of the 12th century to the early 16th century that is characterized by the converging of weights and strains at isolated points upon slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by pointed arches and vaulting b: of or relating to an architectural style reflecting the influence of the medieval Gothic

3: often not capitalized : of or relating to a style of fiction characterized by the use of desolate or remote settings and macabre, mysterious, or violent incidents</i>

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And no again. I would have to say that... you fail. Miserably. Just for that.

As for the rest:

Columbine was a result of bullying, and you are a morally void person to try to use that tragedy to further your hateful, abhorrent agenda.

The music... Isn't it easier to just say you don't like it than to try and demonize it through your own stupidity?

I'm proud to be a heathen but I don't wear black lipstick. It shows up the wrinkles/war map. I'll let the young folks do that one. The Goths I've known(through my daughter) are passive and good people so shut the hell up. Moe-ron.

You know what's funny? I'm old enough to remember the beginning of the "goth" movement. "Goth" was a reference to the gothic medieval period, not the gothic tribes of europe. The central theme (long since abandoned and overrun by the music and fashion movements) was that our society arbitrarily obsesses on the theme of "sex" and that past cultures obsessions with themes like "death" are just as relevant and that recognizing and reordering one's life so it is not controlled by said cultural obsessions can be important for self improvement. Deep huh? Well sort of. I mention this for two reasons. First, it is interesting how opposite to this theme the current "goth" culture is with its focus on sexuality without considering why. Second, the original goth movement's de-emphasis on the importance of sex as a central theme of one's life, would probably have been approved of by fundamentalist christians.

Second of all, I've been dressing goth since I was 13. I've listened to Crüxshadows, the Cure, Sisters of Mercy, etc.

Yet I don't drink human blood, nor do I use drugs. I never have, and I never will. I'm also not a big fan of violence, I don't hate myself, and the only part of humanity I hate are ignorant fucks like yourself.

Lastly, I used to cut, yeah, and it wasn't because of the way I dressed, or the music I listened to. It was because things in my life felt completely out of control. That 'evil music' actually provided a wonderful distraction when I was trying to stop.